St. James’s1 30 June 1778
No. 11 My Lord,
The several Letters from your Excellency to No [blank] have been received, and laid before the King.2
It is much to be wished that the Reprimand sent by M. de Florida Blanca3 to General O’Neil,4 may be the means of preventing Cunningham from being again allowed to enter into the Ports of Spain, where he has so frequently received Assistance that has enabled him to make Depredations on Our Trade with that Kingdom. The Conduct of His Catholick Majesty5 towards this Country is so much an Object of general attention, that Circumstances that would be immaterial at any other Time, become important at the present. Your Excellency will express to M. de Florida Blanca, His Majesty’s Satisfaction at the Orders given on that Subject, and his sincere Desire to avoid making any Complaints, as His Majesty most earnestly wishes the utmost Confidence should subsist between the two Kingdoms, and you are directed to assure His Catholick Majesty, through that Minister, that every attention shall be given to preserve entire the Harmony so happily subsisting between the two Crowns. I am &c.
Weymouth
L, UkLPR, S.P. (Foreign) 94/205, fol. 258. Addressed at top: “His Excy. Lord Grantham.” Docketed: “St. James’s 30 June 1778/To/His Excellency Lord/Grantham/No 11.”
1. St. James’s Palace, London, England.
2. King George III of England.
3. Conde de Floridablanca, Spanish Minister of State.
4. Don Felix O’Neille, Commandant General of the province of Galicia, in which the port of Corunna is located. On the reprimand, see Lord Granthan to Lord Weymouth, 14 May 1778, in NDAR 12: 695.
5. King Carlos III of Spain.
